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Friday, October 20, 2017

The People Have Spoken: My Read-a-Thon Books (and Back-ups)

Be honest with me now. Did you just vote on the color scheme you liked?

I had 24 people that responded to my survey about which books to read for tomorrow's read-a-thon. There was a bit of a rush towards the end that knocked off the front-runners, so it was all very exciting for me.

Scrappy Little Nobody led the pack all week, and I figure it will be a pretty easy read. My students gave me a ringing endorsement of The Seventh Most Important Thing, which one team is reading in language arts right now, so I will keep it handy as well.

This is one that changed at the very end. Courage for Beginners had been easily winning, then when I went in to check final results, The Memory of Things stole the crown.

This is another one that caught me off guard today. Firegirl had been a clear winner as of last night. Looks like I'll be giving Nine, Ten a try instead. Of course, these being the short MG books, they are all contenders to be slipped into the lineup when I get tired.

Heartless, on the other hand, seized the lead early and never let it go. There were several shout-outs for My Lady Jane in the comments though.

A Gentleman in Moscow was the other steady leader. Which is good, since it's the one I mentioned earlier that won a similar vote previously but...I haven't read it yet. And I want to! I really do! So I will probably start my day with that, since it is pretty hefty.

There are a few graphic novels hanging around the house that I haven't read yet, so I will shuffle them into rotation when I need a break. My daughter is waiting for me to read the second book in Spencer Quinn's Bowser and Birdie series so I can read the third one with her, so I may get to that too. Overall I tend to be pretty flighty when trying to stick to reading lists, so it's really anybody's guess as to what I will ACTUALLY read, but I am going to pull this stack together and look to it first.

Nice blue and black stripe you chose for me! I, of course, thought immediately of the Estonian flag.

3 comments:

I love the way you decided on your books for the 'thon! I've been wanting to read A Gentleman in Moscow so I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it! The end of this week has proven crazy, and I did not manage to get my act together to participate fully today. BUT....I have a new audiobook ready for my garage cleaning time (The Blind), and I'm hoping to get through a huge chunk of Sing, Unburied, Sing as well. Looking forward to your updates!

Always a Reader

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My name is Wendy, and I am a lifelong devourer of books. I'm also a middle school reading teacher. I read a bunch of YA (especially contemporaries and fantasy), occasionally finding time for adult mysteries or literary fiction. I live with my husband and two kids in a suburb of Portland, Oregon.